Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.
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| Claudette Colbert | ... | Judy Jones | |
| Herbert Marshall | ... | Arnold Ainger | |
| Mary Boland | ... | Mrs. Mardick | |
| William Gargan | ... | Stewart Corder | |
| Leo Carrillo | ... | Montague | |
| Nella Walker | ... | Mrs. Ainger | |
| Ethel Griffies | ... | Mrs. Ainger's Mother | |
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Tetsu Komai | ... | Native Chief |
| Chris-Pin Martin | ... | Native Boatman (as Chris Pin Martin) | |
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Joe De La Cruz | ... | Native (as Joe de la Cruz) |
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Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.
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26 January 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Utter balderdash with the DeMille touch, although it is missing a big set piece which in his later films was standard, has to do with people stranded on an island fending off man and beast. Somehow going through the rigors of the jungle makes Claudette more attractive rather than less, she even has an indistinct but very definite nude scene under a waterfall. Herbert Marshall is fine as usual but the real standout is Mary Boland doing her best fluttery nincompoop, the periods when she disappears from the film it really suffers because of it. A notorious flop in its day this is enjoyable if you are a fan of DeMille's excesses but he's definitely made better films.